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Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (9, 3) is not 9 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,3) must be 9 (Choices are: (8, 5), (9, 5), (9, 6))
- (8, 5) and (9, 3) cannot both be 9 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (9, 3) and (9, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 9
- (9, 3) and (9, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 9
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (9, 7) is not 9 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,3) must be 9 (Choices are: (8, 5), (9, 5), (9, 6))
- (8, 5) and (9, 7) cannot both be 9 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (9, 5) and (9, 7) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 9
- (9, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 9
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 9) is not 9 because:
- (1, 7) and (3, 9) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 9) and (4, 7) cannot both be 9 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (5, 2) is not 1 because:
- (4, 4) and (5, 2) cannot both be 1 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 1 (Choices are: (4, 4), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 4))
- (5, 2) and (5, 4) cannot both be 1 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 2) and (5, 5) cannot both be 1 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 2) and (5, 6) cannot both be 1 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 2) and (6, 4) cannot both be 1 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (5, 2) is not 2 because:
- (4, 4) and (5, 2) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 2 (Choices are: (4, 4), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 4))
- (5, 2) and (5, 4) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 2) and (5, 5) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 2) and (5, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 2) and (6, 4) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 16
Setting (4, 5) is not 3 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 1 (Choices are: (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 5))
- (2, 5) must be less than 3 if (1, 4) is 3
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 3 (Choices are: (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 5), (3, 6))
- (1, 5) and (2, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (1, 5) and (4, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 5
- (1, 6) cannot be both 1 and 3
- (2, 5) and (2, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in row 2
- (2, 5) and (3, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- (2, 5) and (4, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 5
- (2, 6) and (2, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in row 2
- (2, 6) and (4, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (2, 7) and (3, 5) cannot both be 1 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (2, 7) must be less than 2 if (3, 6) is 2
- (3, 5) and (4, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 5
- (3, 6) must be less than 3 if (4, 5) is 3
- (3, 6) cannot be both 2 and 3
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (5, 2) is not 3 because:
- (4, 4) and (5, 2) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 3 (Choices are: (4, 4), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 4))
- (5, 2) and (5, 4) cannot both be 3 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 2) and (5, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 2) and (5, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 2) and (6, 4) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 19
Setting (4, 6) is not 4 because:
- (3, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) must be less than 2 if (4, 8) is 2
- (5, 7) must be less than 4 if (4, 6) is 4
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 8) must be less than 3 if (5, 7) is 3
- (4, 8) and (6, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,6)
- (5, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 6) and (6, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 6) and (7, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- (7, 8) must be greater than 5 if (6, 7) is 5
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (8, 7) must be greater than 6 if (7, 8) is 6
Smallest mus size: 30
Setting (6, 5) is not 5 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 4), (3, 5))
- (1, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (1, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (2, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 4) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (3, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) must be less than 2 if (4, 8) is 2
- (4, 6) and (8, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 7 if (5, 7) is 7
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 8 if (5, 7) is 8
- (4, 8) must be less than 3 if (5, 7) is 3
- (5, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) and (6, 5) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be less than 5 if (6, 5) is 5
- (6, 5) and (7, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) must be greater than 8 if (7, 5) is 8
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (7, 5) must be greater than 7 if (8, 6) is 7
- (7, 6) and (7, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 7) must be less than 4 if (7, 6) is 4
- (7, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (8, 6) must be greater than 6 if (7, 7) is 6
- (7, 8) must be less than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (7, 7) is not 6 because:
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (7, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) and (8, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 8 if (7, 5) is 8
- (7, 5) must be greater than 7 if (8, 6) is 7
- (8, 6) must be greater than 6 if (7, 7) is 6
Smallest mus size: 24
Setting (1, 7) is not 3 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 3 and 6
- (1, 7) cannot be both 3 and 7
- (1, 7) cannot be both 3 and 8
- (1, 7) cannot be both 3 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 7), (2, 7), (3, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 8) must be greater than 6 if (3, 7) is 6
- (4, 6) and (4, 7) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 6) must be greater than 8 if (5, 7) is 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- (5, 7) must be greater than 7 if (4, 8) is 7
- (5, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 6 if (8, 7) is 6
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
Smallest mus size: 35
Setting (6, 6) is not 4 because:
- (2, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- (2, 7) and (3, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) and (4, 8) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (2, 7) and (5, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (2, 7) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) must be less than 3 if (4, 8) is 3
- (3, 7) must be less than 2 if (4, 8) is 2
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (4, 6) and (6, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 8) must be less than 4 if (5, 7) is 4
- (4, 8) must be less than 3 if (5, 7) is 3
- (5, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- (5, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 7
- (5, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 7
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) and (6, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 6
- (7, 5) must be less than 4 if (6, 6) is 4
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 7) and (7, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 8) must be greater than 5 if (6, 7) is 5
- (8, 6) must be less than 3 if (7, 5) is 3
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (8, 7) must be greater than 6 if (7, 8) is 6
Smallest mus size: 13
Setting (6, 7) is not 5 because:
- (6, 5) and (8, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 5
- (6, 5) and (9, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 5
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 6) and (6, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 6) and (7, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) and (9, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 6
- (7, 8) must be greater than 5 if (6, 7) is 5
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,3) must be 9 (Choices are: (8, 5), (9, 5), (9, 6))
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (8, 7) must be greater than 6 if (7, 8) is 6
Smallest mus size: 42
Setting (5, 7) is not 3 because:
- (3, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) must be less than 2 if (4, 8) is 2
- (4, 8) must be less than 3 if (5, 7) is 3
- (4, 8) and (6, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,6)
- (4, 8) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in column 8
- (5, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (5, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (7, 6) must be less than 6 if (6, 5) is 6
- (7, 6) must be less than 7 if (6, 5) is 7
- (6, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (7, 5) must be less than 5 if (6, 6) is 5
- (7, 5) must be less than 6 if (6, 6) is 6
- (6, 6) and (7, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) must be less than 7 if (6, 6) is 7
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 8 if (7, 5) is 8
- (6, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4)
- (6, 7) and (7, 5) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 7) and (7, 8) cannot be 4 and 4 as they must be ordered
- (7, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- (8, 6) must be less than 3 if (7, 5) is 3
- (7, 5) and (7, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- (8, 7) must be less than 4 if (7, 6) is 4
- (8, 7) must be less than 5 if (7, 6) is 5
- (8, 7) must be less than 6 if (7, 6) is 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- (7, 8) must be less than 4 if (8, 7) is 4
- (7, 8) must be less than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
- (7, 8) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (8, 7) must be greater than 6 if (7, 8) is 6
- (8, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 33
Setting (8, 6) is not 7 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 4), (3, 5))
- (1, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (1, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (2, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 4) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (4, 6) must be greater than 7 if (5, 7) is 7
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 8 if (5, 7) is 8
- (5, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 7
- (5, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 7
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 7
- (5, 7) and (6, 5) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (7, 6) must be less than 6 if (6, 5) is 6
- (6, 5) and (8, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 8 if (7, 5) is 8
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (7, 5) must be greater than 7 if (8, 6) is 7
- (7, 6) and (7, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 7) must be less than 4 if (7, 6) is 4
- (7, 6) and (7, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 7) must be less than 5 if (7, 6) is 5
- (7, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (7, 8) must be less than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
Smallest mus size: 21
Setting (6, 5) is not 6 because:
- (7, 6) must be less than 6 if (6, 5) is 6
- (6, 5) and (8, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 3 if (7, 8) is 3
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) and (7, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 7) must be less than 4 if (7, 6) is 4
- (7, 6) and (8, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 6
- (8, 7) must be less than 5 if (7, 6) is 5
- (7, 7) must be less than 5 if (8, 6) is 5
- (7, 7) must be less than 4 if (8, 6) is 4
- (7, 7) must be less than 3 if (8, 6) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (7, 8) must be less than 4 if (8, 7) is 4
- (7, 8) must be less than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- (8, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 8
Smallest mus size: 31
Setting (7, 8) is not 6 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (1, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 7), (2, 7), (3, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (1, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (2, 7) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 8) must be greater than 6 if (3, 7) is 6
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- (5, 7) must be greater than 7 if (4, 8) is 7
- (5, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 6) and (7, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (8, 7) must be greater than 6 if (7, 8) is 6
- (7, 8) and (9, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (8, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
Smallest mus size: 17
Setting (6, 6) is not 5 because:
- (7, 5) must be less than 5 if (6, 6) is 5
- (6, 6) and (7, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4)
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 7) and (7, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 8) must be greater than 3 if (6, 7) is 3
- (7, 8) must be greater than 4 if (6, 7) is 4
- (8, 6) must be less than 3 if (7, 5) is 3
- (7, 5) and (7, 8) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 6) must be less than 4 if (7, 5) is 4
- (7, 7) must be less than 3 if (8, 6) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 3, 4, 5)
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 38
Setting (7, 5) is not 8 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 4), (3, 5))
- (1, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (1, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (1, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 7), (2, 7), (3, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (1, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (1, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (2, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (3, 4) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (4, 5) must be greater than 7 if (3, 6) is 7
- (4, 8) must be greater than 6 if (3, 7) is 6
- (4, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 8 if (5, 7) is 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
- (4, 7) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) must be greater than 7 if (4, 8) is 7
- (5, 7) and (6, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (6, 5) must be greater than 7 if (7, 6) is 7
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 8 if (7, 5) is 8
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 6) must be greater than 6 if (8, 7) is 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
Smallest mus size: 30
Setting (7, 7) is not 5 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6))
- (1, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 5
- (1, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (2, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 4) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 5
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 7 if (5, 7) is 7
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 8 if (5, 7) is 8
- (5, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 5
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 7 if (7, 5) is 7
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 5) must be greater than 6 if (8, 6) is 6
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- (7, 6) and (7, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 6) and (8, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (8, 6) must be greater than 5 if (7, 7) is 5
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (7, 6) is not 4 because:
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (7, 6) and (7, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 7) must be less than 4 if (7, 6) is 4
- (7, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4)
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (7, 8) must be less than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
Smallest mus size: 25
Setting (8, 6) is not 6 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6))
- (1, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 5
- (1, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (2, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 4) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 5
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (4, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (8, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 5
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 7 if (7, 5) is 7
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 5) must be greater than 6 if (8, 6) is 6
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6, 7, 8)
- (7, 6) and (8, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
Smallest mus size: 17
Setting (7, 6) is not 5 because:
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 3 if (7, 8) is 3
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) and (8, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 6
- (8, 7) must be less than 5 if (7, 6) is 5
- (7, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4)
- (7, 7) must be less than 3 if (8, 6) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (8, 6) must be greater than 4 if (7, 7) is 4
- (7, 8) must be less than 4 if (8, 7) is 4
- (7, 8) must be less than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 3, 4, 5)
- (8, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 8
Smallest mus size: 24
Setting (1, 7) is not 2 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 2 and 6
- (1, 7) cannot be both 2 and 7
- (1, 7) cannot be both 2 and 8
- (1, 7) cannot be both 2 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 7), (2, 7), (3, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 8) must be greater than 6 if (3, 7) is 6
- (4, 6) and (4, 7) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 6) must be greater than 8 if (5, 7) is 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- (5, 7) must be greater than 7 if (4, 8) is 7
- (5, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 6 if (8, 7) is 6
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
Smallest mus size: 29
Setting (6, 5) is not 7 because:
- (6, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 5
- (7, 6) must be less than 7 if (6, 5) is 7
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4)
- (6, 7) must be less than 3 if (7, 8) is 3
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 7) and (7, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 8) must be greater than 4 if (6, 7) is 4
- (7, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- (8, 6) must be less than 3 if (7, 5) is 3
- (7, 5) and (7, 8) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 6) must be less than 4 if (7, 5) is 4
- (7, 5) and (8, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,3)
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 7) must be less than 6 if (7, 6) is 6
- (7, 7) must be less than 4 if (8, 6) is 4
- (7, 7) must be less than 3 if (8, 6) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (7, 8) must be less than 5 if (8, 7) is 5
- (7, 8) must be less than 4 if (8, 7) is 4
- (7, 8) must be less than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 8) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (8, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 3, 4, 5)
- (8, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 8
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (5, 7) is not 8 because:
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) must be greater than 8 if (5, 7) is 8
- (5, 7) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 8, 9)
Doing 1 simple deductions
Doing 1 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 33
Setting (2, 7) is not 5 because:
- (3, 6) must be greater than 5 if (2, 7) is 5
- (2, 7) and (4, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 5) must be greater than 7 if (3, 6) is 7
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 5) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 5) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (4, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
- (7, 6) must be greater than 4 if (8, 7) is 4
- (7, 6) must be greater than 5 if (8, 7) is 5
- (7, 6) must be greater than 6 if (8, 7) is 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (8, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 33
Setting (4, 8) is not 6 because:
- (1, 4) and (1, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6))
- (1, 5) and (1, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 1
- (1, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 7), (2, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (2, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (2, 7) and (4, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 4) and (5, 4) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 4
- (3, 5) and (5, 4) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 6) and (4, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 4) and (4, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 4
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 6 (Choices are: (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 4), (6, 6))
- (4, 5) and (4, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 6) and (4, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 7 if (5, 7) is 7
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 7) and (4, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 8) must be less than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (4, 8) cannot be both 2 and 6
- (4, 8) cannot be both 3 and 6
- (4, 8) cannot be both 4 and 6
- (4, 8) cannot be both 5 and 6
- (4, 8) and (5, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) must be greater than 6 if (4, 8) is 6
- (5, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 4) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8)
- (8, 7) and (7, 6) cannot be 6 and 6 as they must be ordered
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
Doing 1 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 21
Setting (1, 7) is not 4 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 4 and 6
- (1, 7) cannot be both 4 and 7
- (1, 7) cannot be both 4 and 8
- (1, 7) cannot be both 4 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 7), (2, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8)
- (8, 7) and (7, 6) cannot be 6 and 6 as they must be ordered
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
Smallest mus size: 20
Setting (4, 7) is not 4 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 7), (2, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (1, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (1, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 7) cannot be both 4 and 6
- (4, 7) cannot be both 4 and 7
- (4, 7) cannot be both 4 and 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 4 and 9
- (5, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 6 if (8, 7) is 6
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
Smallest mus size: 20
Setting (4, 7) is not 5 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 7), (2, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (1, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (1, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 7) cannot be both 5 and 6
- (4, 7) cannot be both 5 and 7
- (4, 7) cannot be both 5 and 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 5 and 9
- (5, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (5, 7) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 6 if (8, 7) is 6
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
Smallest mus size: 29
Setting (7, 5) is not 3 because:
- (2, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)
- (2, 7) and (3, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) and (4, 8) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (2, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (2, 7) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 5) must be greater than 7 if (3, 6) is 7
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) must be less than 3 if (4, 8) is 3
- (3, 7) must be less than 2 if (4, 8) is 2
- (4, 5) and (4, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 5) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (5, 7) must be less than 5 if (4, 6) is 5
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 3, 4, 5)
- (4, 8) and (6, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,6)
- (4, 8) and (7, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 8
- (5, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 8, 9)
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4)
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 7) and (7, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 8) must be greater than 4 if (6, 7) is 4
- (8, 6) must be less than 3 if (7, 5) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
Smallest mus size: 21
Setting (6, 7) is not 4 because:
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (7, 5) must be less than 6 if (6, 6) is 6
- (7, 5) must be less than 7 if (6, 6) is 7
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 7) and (7, 5) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 7) and (7, 8) cannot be 4 and 2 as they must be ordered
- (7, 8) must be greater than 4 if (6, 7) is 4
- (6, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 7
- (7, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7)
- (7, 5) and (7, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8)
- (8, 7) must be less than 6 if (7, 6) is 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (7, 8) must be less than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
- (7, 8) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (8, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 30
Setting (1, 7) is not 5 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 5 and 6
- (1, 7) cannot be both 5 and 7
- (1, 7) cannot be both 5 and 8
- (1, 7) cannot be both 5 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 7), (2, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 7 if (5, 7) is 7
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- (5, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 6 if (8, 7) is 6
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (7, 8) is not 5 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 5 (Choices are: (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (5, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 8) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (7, 8) and (9, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
Smallest mus size: 11
Setting (7, 5) is not 4 because:
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 3 if (7, 8) is 3
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) and (7, 8) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 6) must be less than 4 if (7, 5) is 4
- (7, 7) must be less than 3 if (8, 6) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 3, 4)
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 29
Setting (8, 7) is not 3 because:
- (2, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)
- (2, 7) and (3, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (4, 5) must be greater than 7 if (3, 6) is 7
- (3, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4)
- (3, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 7
- (4, 5) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (4, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (7, 5) must be less than 6 if (6, 6) is 6
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 7) must be less than 5 if (8, 6) is 5
- (7, 7) must be less than 4 if (8, 6) is 4
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (7, 8) must be less than 3 if (8, 7) is 3
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 3, 4, 5)
- (8, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in row 8
Smallest mus size: 16
Setting (7, 7) is not 4 because:
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) must be greater than 6 if (7, 5) is 6
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 7 if (7, 5) is 7
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) must be greater than 5 if (8, 6) is 5
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8)
- (8, 7) must be less than 6 if (7, 6) is 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (8, 6) must be greater than 4 if (7, 7) is 4
- (7, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in column 7
- (8, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 27
Setting (4, 6) is not 8 because:
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (7, 5) must be less than 6 if (6, 6) is 6
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) must be less than 7 if (6, 6) is 7
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 3 if (7, 8) is 3
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8)
- (7, 6) must be greater than 6 if (8, 7) is 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (7, 7) must be less than 3 if (8, 6) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 8) must be less than 4 if (8, 7) is 4
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 13
Setting (1, 7) is not 6 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (1, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (1, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (4, 6) must be greater than 7 if (5, 7) is 7
- (4, 6) and (4, 7) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- (4, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
Smallest mus size: 27
Setting (4, 6) is not 9 because:
- (4, 6) and (6, 5) cannot both be 9 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (7, 5) must be less than 6 if (6, 6) is 6
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) must be less than 7 if (6, 6) is 7
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 3 if (7, 8) is 3
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8)
- (8, 7) must be less than 6 if (7, 6) is 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (7, 7) must be less than 3 if (8, 6) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 8) must be less than 4 if (8, 7) is 4
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7)
Doing 1 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 16
Setting (4, 7) is not 6 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (1, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 6 and 9
- (4, 7) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
Smallest mus size: 21
Setting (7, 5) is not 7 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6))
- (1, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 5
- (1, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (2, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (2, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (3, 4) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 5) and (7, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 5
- (4, 5) must be greater than 7 if (3, 6) is 7
- (4, 5) and (6, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 5
- (4, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (6, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 8, 9)
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 7 if (7, 5) is 7
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8)
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 6) must be greater than 6 if (8, 7) is 6
Smallest mus size: 17
Setting (7, 6) is not 6 because:
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3)
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 8) must be greater than 3 if (6, 7) is 3
- (7, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6)
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) and (7, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 7
- (8, 7) must be less than 6 if (7, 6) is 6
- (7, 7) must be less than 3 if (8, 6) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 3, 4)
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 8) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (8, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 8
Smallest mus size: 23
Setting (8, 5) is not 6 because:
- (6, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 5) must be greater than 8 if (7, 6) is 8
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (6, 6) and (8, 5) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 8 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 3 if (7, 8) is 3
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6)
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) and (8, 5) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 5
- (7, 6) must be greater than 7 if (8, 7) is 7
- (7, 7) must be less than 3 if (8, 6) is 3
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 8) must be less than 4 if (8, 7) is 4
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 4, 5, 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 20
Setting (2, 7) is not 3 because:
- (3, 6) must be greater than 3 if (2, 7) is 3
- (2, 7) and (3, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 6) and (3, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 3
- (3, 6) and (4, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3, 4)
- (3, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both in column 7
- (4, 8) must be greater than 4 if (3, 7) is 4
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (5, 7) must be greater than 5 if (4, 8) is 5
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3)
- (6, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both in column 7
- (7, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 1, 2, 3)
Smallest mus size: 7
Setting (4, 1) is not 9 because:
- (1, 1) and (4, 1) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 1
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,0) must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 1), (1, 3), (3, 1), (3, 3))
- (1, 3) and (1, 7) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 1) and (4, 1) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 1
- (3, 3) and (4, 1) cannot both be 9 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 1) and (4, 7) cannot both be 9 as they are both in row 4
Smallest mus size: 21
Setting (9, 7) is not 8 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 5 (Choices are: (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (2, 7), (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 4 if (2, 7) is 4
- (3, 6) must be greater than 6 if (2, 7) is 6
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 8) must be greater than 4 if (3, 7) is 4
- (4, 6) must be greater than 5 if (5, 7) is 5
- (4, 6) and (7, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (5, 7) must be greater than 5 if (4, 8) is 5
- (5, 7) cannot be both 4 and 5
- (7, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 7, 8)
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 7) cannot be both 4 and 6
- (8, 7) cannot be both 5 and 6
- (9, 7) cannot be both 4 and 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 5 and 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 8
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (2, 8) is not 8 because:
- (1, 7) and (2, 8) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (2, 8) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 9) is not 8 because:
- (1, 7) and (3, 9) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 9) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (1, 7) is not 7 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
- (1, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (4, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (4, 7) is not 7 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (4, 7) cannot be both 7 and 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 7 and 9
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (7, 6) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (8, 7) and (7, 6) cannot be 7 and 7 as they must be ordered
- (7, 6) and (9, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
Doing 2 simple deductions
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Doing 12 simple deductions
Doing 1 simple deductions
Doing 12 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (7, 9) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (7, 9) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (7, 9) and (9, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (1, 9) is not 9 because:
- (1, 9) and (7, 9) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 9
- (1, 9) and (8, 9) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 9
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,6) must be 9 (Choices are: (7, 9), (8, 9))
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (5, 9) is not 9 because:
- (5, 9) and (7, 9) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 9
- (5, 9) and (8, 9) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 9
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,6) must be 9 (Choices are: (7, 9), (8, 9))
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (9, 8) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (8, 7) and (9, 8) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (9, 7) and (9, 8) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 9
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (3, 5) is not 1 because:
- (1, 6) and (3, 5) cannot both be 1 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- Some cell in column 6 must be 1 (Choices are: (1, 6), (2, 6), (5, 6))
- (2, 6) and (3, 5) cannot both be 1 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- (3, 5) and (5, 6) cannot both be 1 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (8, 9) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (8, 7) and (8, 9) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 9) and (9, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (8, 8) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (8, 7) and (8, 8) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 8) and (9, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (4, 7) is not 3 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (4, 7) cannot be both 3 and 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 3 and 9
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (8, 5) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (8, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 5) and (9, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (4, 7) is not 2 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (4, 7) cannot be both 2 and 8
- (4, 7) cannot be both 2 and 9
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (9, 3) is not 7 because:
- (7, 1) and (9, 3) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
- Some cell in row 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (7, 1), (7, 2), (7, 3), (7, 4))
- (7, 2) and (9, 3) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
- (7, 3) and (9, 3) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 3
- (7, 4) and (9, 3) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (9, 5) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (8, 7) and (9, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (9, 5) and (9, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 9
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (8, 2) is not 7 because:
- (7, 4) and (8, 2) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (7, 4), (8, 4), (9, 4))
- (8, 2) and (8, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 2) and (9, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (3, 4) is not 7 because:
- (3, 4) and (7, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 4
- (3, 4) and (8, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 4
- (3, 4) and (9, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 4
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (7, 4), (8, 4), (9, 4))
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (3, 6) is not 7 because:
- (1, 5) and (3, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- Some cell in column 5 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5), (5, 5))
- (3, 5) and (3, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 3
- (3, 6) and (4, 5) cannot be 7 and 7 as they must be ordered
- (3, 6) and (5, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
Doing 1 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (4, 2) is not 8 because:
- (4, 2) and (4, 4) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 2) and (4, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 2) and (5, 4) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 8 (Choices are: (4, 4), (4, 5), (5, 4))
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (4, 9) is not 9 because:
- (4, 9) and (7, 9) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 9
- (4, 9) and (8, 9) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 9
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,6) must be 9 (Choices are: (7, 9), (8, 9))
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (1, 1) is not 8 because:
- (1, 1) and (1, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- (1, 1) and (1, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 5 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (1, 2) is not 8 because:
- (1, 2) and (1, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- (1, 2) and (1, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 5 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (1, 8) is not 8 because:
- (1, 5) and (1, 8) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 5 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- (1, 7) and (1, 8) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (1, 9) is not 8 because:
- (1, 5) and (1, 9) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 5 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- (1, 7) and (1, 9) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (1, 3) is not 8 because:
- (1, 3) and (1, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- (1, 3) and (1, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 5 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 5) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (3, 3) is not 8 because:
- (1, 5) and (1, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 5 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 3) and (3, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 3
- (3, 3) and (4, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 3) and (5, 4) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 4) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 8 (Choices are: (4, 4), (4, 5), (5, 4))
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (6, 4) is not 7 because:
- (6, 4) and (7, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 4
- (6, 4) and (8, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 4
- (6, 4) and (9, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 4
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (7, 4), (8, 4), (9, 4))
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (4, 3) is not 8 because:
- (1, 5) and (1, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 5 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 5) and (4, 3) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 3) and (4, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 3) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (1, 7) is not 1 because:
- (1, 7) cannot be both 1 and 8
- (1, 7) cannot be both 1 and 9
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (4, 7) cannot be both 8 and 9
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (4, 1) is not 8 because:
- (1, 5) and (1, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 5 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 5) and (5, 4) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 1) and (4, 4) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 1) and (4, 5) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 1) and (4, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 8 (Choices are: (4, 4), (4, 5), (5, 4))
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (5, 4) is not 7 because:
- (5, 4) and (7, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 4
- (5, 4) and (8, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 4
- (5, 4) and (9, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 4
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (7, 4), (8, 4), (9, 4))
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (4, 9) is not 8 because:
- (1, 5) and (1, 7) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 1
- Some cell in column 5 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 8 (Choices are: (1, 7), (4, 7))
- (3, 5) and (5, 4) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 4) and (4, 9) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 8 (Choices are: (4, 4), (4, 5), (5, 4))
- (4, 5) and (4, 9) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 7) and (4, 9) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 4
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (7, 2) is not 9 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,0) must be 9 (Choices are: (4, 2), (5, 1), (5, 2))
- (4, 2) and (7, 2) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 2
- (5, 1) and (7, 2) cannot both be 9 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 2) and (7, 2) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 2
Smallest mus size: 9
Setting (8, 6) is not 5 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) must be greater than 6 if (7, 5) is 6
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 5) must be greater than 5 if (8, 6) is 5
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (7, 5) is not 6 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) must be greater than 6 if (7, 5) is 6
- (7, 5) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
Doing 1 simple deductions
Doing 19 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (4, 3) is not 5 because:
- (4, 3) and (4, 4) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 3) and (4, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 3) and (6, 4) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 5 (Choices are: (4, 4), (4, 6), (6, 4))
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (3, 4) is not 5 because:
- (3, 4) and (4, 4) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 4
- (3, 4) and (4, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 4) and (6, 4) cannot both be 5 as they are both in column 4
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 5 (Choices are: (4, 4), (4, 6), (6, 4))
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (9, 7) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 5 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (5, 7) cannot be both 5 and 6
- (8, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 4 and 5
- (9, 7) cannot be both 4 and 6
- (9, 7) cannot be both 4 and 7
Smallest mus size: 10
Setting (5, 5) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 5 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 5 if (5, 7) is 5
- (4, 6) and (5, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (5, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) must be greater than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (9, 7) cannot be both 5 and 6
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (2, 6) is not 7 because:
- (1, 5) and (2, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- Some cell in column 5 must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5))
- (2, 6) and (3, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- (2, 6) and (4, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 9
Setting (1, 6) is not 6 because:
- (1, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (1, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- Some cell in column 7 must be 5 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (4, 6) must be greater than 5 if (5, 7) is 5
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (9, 7) cannot be both 5 and 7
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (5, 7) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 5 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (8, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (5, 7) cannot be both 4 and 5
- (5, 7) cannot be both 4 and 6
- (8, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 5 and 6
- (9, 7) cannot be both 5 and 7
Doing 1 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (5, 2) is not 5 because:
- (4, 4) and (5, 2) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 5 (Choices are: (4, 4), (6, 4))
- (5, 2) and (6, 4) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (1, 4) is not 5 because:
- (1, 4) and (1, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 1
- (1, 4) and (2, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- (1, 4) and (3, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- Some cell in column 6 must be 5 (Choices are: (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 6))
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (2, 8) is not 5 because:
- (1, 6) and (2, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell in column 6 must be 5 (Choices are: (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 6))
- (2, 6) and (2, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 2
- (2, 8) and (3, 6) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (3, 6) is not 6 because:
- (3, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (1, 6) is not 7 because:
- (1, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (1, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (2, 3) is not 7 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5))
- (1, 5) and (2, 3) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (2, 3) and (3, 5) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
Doing 1 simple deductions
Doing 1 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (9, 9) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (8, 7) and (9, 9) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (9, 7) and (9, 9) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 9
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (4, 4) is not 6 because:
- (4, 4) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 4) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (2, 3) is not 6 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 5), (2, 6), (3, 4), (3, 5))
- (1, 5) and (2, 3) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (2, 3) and (2, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 2
- (2, 3) and (3, 4) cannot be 6 and 6 as they must be ordered
- (2, 3) and (3, 5) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (4, 4) is not 7 because:
- (4, 4) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 4) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (4, 5) is not 7 because:
- (4, 5) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (4, 5) is not 6 because:
- (4, 5) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 4
- (4, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (5, 4) is not 6 because:
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (5, 4) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (5, 4) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (5, 8) is not 7 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (4, 6), (5, 6), (6, 6))
- (4, 6) and (5, 8) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (5, 6) and (5, 8) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 5
- (5, 8) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (5, 6) is not 7 because:
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) and (5, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (5, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (2, 6) is not 6 because:
- (2, 6) and (4, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (2, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (8, 7) is not 6 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7), (8, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 4 if (2, 7) is 4
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 8) must be greater than 4 if (3, 7) is 4
- (5, 7) must be greater than 5 if (4, 8) is 5
- (5, 7) must have some value (Choices are: 5, 6)
- (5, 7) and (8, 7) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 7
- (8, 7) cannot be both 4 and 6
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (5, 8) is not 6 because:
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (5, 8) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (5, 8) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (5, 5) is not 6 because:
- (4, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (4, 6) and (5, 5) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (5, 5) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,3)
- (6, 6) must be greater than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
Smallest mus size: 7
Setting (4, 2) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (4, 2) and (4, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 4
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (4, 6), (6, 6))
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
Smallest mus size: 8
Setting (6, 4) is not 6 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (6, 4) and (6, 6) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 6
- (6, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 6, 7)
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
Smallest mus size: 7
Setting (8, 4) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 5 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (5, 7) cannot be both 5 and 6
- (8, 4) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 8
- (9, 7) cannot be both 5 and 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
Smallest mus size: 7
Setting (6, 6) is 6 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 7 (Choices are: (8, 7), (9, 7))
- (4, 6) and (6, 6) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 6
- (4, 6) must be greater than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (6, 6) must be greater than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (6, 6) and (8, 7) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
Doing 9 simple deductions
Doing 1 simple deductions
Doing 4 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (7, 3) is not 7 because:
- (7, 3) and (7, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 3) and (9, 4) cannot both be 7 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,3) must be 7 (Choices are: (7, 4), (9, 4))
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (9, 2) is not 6 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (6,3) must be 6 (Choices are: (8, 4), (9, 4), (9, 5))
- (8, 4) and (9, 2) cannot both be 6 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (9, 2) and (9, 4) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 9
- (9, 2) and (9, 5) cannot both be 6 as they are both in row 9
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (9, 7) is not 7 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 5 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- Some cell in column 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (5, 7), (9, 7))
- (5, 7) cannot be both 5 and 6
- (9, 7) cannot be both 5 and 7
- (9, 7) cannot be both 6 and 7
Doing 1 simple deductions
Doing 4 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (1, 8) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (1, 8) and (2, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
- (1, 8) and (3, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (1, 9) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (1, 9) and (2, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
- (1, 9) and (3, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (2, 8) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (2, 8) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 2
- (2, 8) and (3, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (2, 9) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (2, 9) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 2
- (2, 9) and (3, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 5) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (3, 5) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 5) and (3, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 3
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 8) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (3, 8) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
- (3, 7) and (3, 8) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 3
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (4, 8) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (4, 8) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 7) and (4, 8) cannot be 4 and 4 as they must be ordered
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 6) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (3, 6) cannot be 4 and 4 as they must be ordered
- (3, 6) and (3, 7) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 3
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (4, 5) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 4 if (2, 7) is 4
- (3, 6) and (4, 5) cannot be 5 and 4 as they must be ordered
- (3, 7) and (4, 5) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
Doing 1 simple deductions
Doing 6 simple deductions
Doing 2 simple deductions
Doing 8 simple deductions
Doing 2 simple deductions
Doing 14 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (9, 5) is not 6 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (0,3) must be 6 (Choices are: (1, 5), (3, 5))
- (1, 5) and (9, 5) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 5
- (3, 5) and (9, 5) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 5
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 9) is not 7 because:
- (3, 9) and (5, 9) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 9
- (3, 9) and (6, 9) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 9
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,6) must be 7 (Choices are: (5, 9), (6, 9))
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (7, 9) is 9 because:
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,0) must be 9 (Choices are: (5, 1), (5, 2))
- (5, 1) and (7, 1) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 1
- (5, 2) and (7, 1) cannot both be 9 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell in row 7 must be 9 (Choices are: (7, 1), (7, 9))
Doing 7 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (5, 7) is not 5 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 4 if (2, 7) is 4
- (3, 6) and (5, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 8) must be greater than 4 if (3, 7) is 4
- (4, 8) and (5, 7) cannot both be 5 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,6)
Doing 2 simple deductions
Doing 17 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (4, 4) is not 5 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 4 if (2, 7) is 4
- (3, 6) and (4, 4) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 8) must be greater than 4 if (3, 7) is 4
- (4, 4) and (4, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both in row 4
Doing 1 simple deductions
Doing 8 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (8, 3) is not 6 because:
- (7, 1) and (8, 3) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
- Some cell in row 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (7, 1), (7, 2), (7, 3))
- (7, 2) and (8, 3) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
- (7, 3) and (8, 3) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 3
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (8, 2) is not 6 because:
- (7, 1) and (8, 2) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
- Some cell in row 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (7, 1), (7, 2), (7, 3))
- (7, 2) and (8, 2) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 2
- (7, 3) and (8, 2) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (3, 7) is not 3 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (3, 6) must be greater than 4 if (2, 7) is 4
- (3, 6) and (4, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 7) cannot be both 3 and 4
- (4, 8) must be greater than 3 if (3, 7) is 3
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (8, 6) is not 3 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 3 (Choices are: (6, 7), (7, 7))
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) must be greater than 3 if (7, 7) is 3
- (8, 6) cannot be both 3 and 4
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (1, 9) is not 7 because:
- (1, 9) and (5, 9) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 9
- (1, 9) and (6, 9) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 9
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,6) must be 7 (Choices are: (5, 9), (6, 9))
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (8, 2) is not 8 because:
- Some cell in column 3 must be 8 (Choices are: (6, 3), (8, 3), (9, 3))
- (6, 3) and (8, 2) cannot both be 8 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 2) and (8, 3) cannot both be 8 as they are both in row 8
- (8, 2) and (9, 3) cannot both be 8 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
Smallest mus size: 7
Setting (6, 7) is not 2 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 3 (Choices are: (6, 7), (7, 7))
- (7, 8) must be greater than 2 if (6, 7) is 2
- (6, 7) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (7, 8) must be greater than 3 if (6, 7) is 3
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 3 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (7, 8) is not 3 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 3 (Choices are: (6, 7), (7, 7))
- (6, 7) and (7, 8) cannot be 3 and 3 as they must be ordered
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 3 as they are both in row 7
Smallest mus size: 7
Setting (2, 7) is not 1 because:
- (2, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (2, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
Doing 1 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (9, 3) is not 6 because:
- (7, 1) and (9, 3) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
- Some cell in row 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (7, 1), (7, 2), (7, 3))
- (7, 2) and (9, 3) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
- (7, 3) and (9, 3) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 3
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (9, 8) is not 2 because:
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
- (7, 8) and (9, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in column 8
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) and (9, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 6
Setting (7, 7) is not 2 because:
- (7, 7) cannot be both 1 and 2
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 7) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (2, 5) is not 2 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 2 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 5) and (2, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 2
- (2, 5) and (3, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (2, 9) is not 2 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 2 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (2, 9) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 2
- (2, 9) and (3, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (2, 9) is not 7 because:
- (2, 9) and (5, 9) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 9
- (2, 9) and (6, 9) cannot both be 7 as they are both in column 9
- Some cell the cage starting at top-left position (3,6) must be 7 (Choices are: (5, 9), (6, 9))
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 1) is not 9 because:
- (3, 1) and (5, 1) cannot both be 9 as they are both in column 1
- (3, 1) and (5, 2) cannot both be 9 as they are both seperated by knights move
- Some cell in row 5 must be 9 (Choices are: (5, 1), (5, 2))
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 5) is not 2 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 2 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (3, 5) cannot both be 2 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 5) and (3, 7) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 3
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (7, 4) is not 2 because:
- (7, 4) and (7, 8) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 7
- (7, 4) and (8, 6) cannot both be 2 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,3)
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (9, 1) is not 6 because:
- (7, 1) and (9, 1) cannot both be 6 as they are both in column 1
- Some cell in row 7 must be 6 (Choices are: (7, 1), (7, 2), (7, 3))
- (7, 2) and (9, 1) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
- (7, 3) and (9, 1) cannot both be 6 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,0)
Smallest mus size: 7
Setting (3, 7) is not 1 because:
- (3, 7) and (6, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (3, 7) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both in column 7
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
Doing 1 simple deductions
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (2, 8) is not 3 because:
- (2, 8) and (3, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (2, 8) and (4, 8) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 8
- (3, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 5)
- (3, 6) and (4, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 8) must be less than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (3, 8) is not 3 because:
- (3, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 5)
- (3, 6) and (3, 8) cannot both be 3 as they are both in row 3
- (3, 6) and (4, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (3, 8) and (4, 8) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 8
- (4, 8) must be less than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (5, 6) is not 3 because:
- (3, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 3, 5)
- (3, 6) and (5, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both in column 6
- (3, 6) and (4, 8) cannot both be 5 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (4, 8) must be less than 6 if (5, 7) is 6
- (4, 8) and (5, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 9) is not 4 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 4 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (3, 9) cannot both be 4 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
- (3, 7) and (3, 9) cannot both be 4 as they are both in row 3
Smallest mus size: 3
Setting (3, 9) is not 2 because:
- Some cell in column 7 must be 2 (Choices are: (2, 7), (3, 7))
- (2, 7) and (3, 9) cannot both be 2 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,6)
- (3, 7) and (3, 9) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 3
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (3, 5) is not 3 because:
- (1, 6) and (3, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- Some cell in column 6 must be 3 (Choices are: (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 6))
- (2, 6) and (3, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- (3, 5) and (3, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both in row 3
Smallest mus size: 7
Setting (5, 8) is not 1 because:
- (5, 8) and (6, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (3,6)
- (5, 8) and (7, 7) cannot both be 1 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (6, 7) must be less than 2 if (7, 8) is 2
- (8, 6) must be less than 5 if (7, 5) is 5
- (7, 7) must be less than 2 if (8, 6) is 2
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
Smallest mus size: 5
Setting (8, 9) is not 2 because:
- (7, 8) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
- (7, 8) and (8, 9) cannot both be 2 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (6,6)
- (7, 8) and (8, 6) cannot both be 4 as they are both seperated by knights move
- (8, 6) must have some value (Choices are: 2, 4)
- (8, 6) and (8, 9) cannot both be 2 as they are both in row 8
Smallest mus size: 4
Setting (2, 5) is not 3 because:
- (1, 6) and (2, 5) cannot both be 3 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
- Some cell in column 6 must be 3 (Choices are: (1, 6), (2, 6), (3, 6))
- (2, 5) and (2, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both in row 2
- (2, 5) and (3, 6) cannot both be 3 as they are both the cage starting at top-left position (0,3)
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